Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-21
TEXAS State FAIR.
The Grand State Exposition Formally
Opened Yesterday--The Opening
Address by Governor Ross.
Exhihisers are Beginning to Get In Pc
sitien-Carleads Of Tardy Freight
Constantly Arriving,
The Machinery Department the Mess
Elaborate Ever Witnesses In the South,
The stock Display Magnificent.
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DALLAS, TEX, Oct. 20.-This is Cleye-
land weather! Clear, bright and promis-
ing the day opened. At an early hour
everybody was out and the streets were
soon filled. The flags and banners aut-
tered IN the crisp, clear breeze, or coated
languidly in stiffness. Pedestrians came
out from every door, and helped to make
the sidewalk population larger. The
toilers Of the city went scsrrsins along,
dinner basket in hand, and an soxious
glance st the jewelers. stores where
the timepieces were displayed,
showing the hour; small knots
of men "waitIng for something
to turn up'' talked sagely about hard
times and the difficulty of finding work,
or leaned against the walls and telegraph
poles which were Uttered with notices
aud calls for the employment of men in
all characters of labor. Stopemasons
and brickmssons were wanted up the
country, carpenters and plasterers were
wanted in another place, q regiment of
walters were wanted st the fair grounds
at 80 80 per day, and so on. Still, times
showed handbllls 1t you, from which
artistic piece of printing you obtained the
Information that some enterprising man
sold certain goods cheaper than all
the world besides, and the street peddler
opened his large and select stock of pea
nut candy. 1t only took short time to
organize the tumult that ceased with the
striking Of last nights midnight hour.
The trains began coming III loaded and
damned with passengers, who Joined the
throngs already here. Some OF them had
been on the road and looked tired while
their faces showed q disreDntzble oiliDess,
suggestive CT dust, heat and late hours
Every hour or two brought in new re-
cruits, and soon the streets were crowded.
About 10 q. m. the procession formed in
front OF the armory, Colonel A. j Houston
in command, and proceeded as follows:
Mounted police of Dallas; mounted police
of East Dallas; st. Louis Bicycle
Club; Mexican National Band; First
Texas Infantry; Houston Light Guards;
Fourth Texas Infantry: Company G.,
Bsldridge Light Infantry, Ennis; Com
pany D, Waco; Company T, Dallas Rifles,
Dallas; Company G,sDsllas Light Guards,
Dallas; Company K, Parsher City Fenci-
bles, Fort Worth. Fifth Texas Infantry:
Company L, Gainesville r f.s; Company
Z, LongTie@ Rifles, LODgview; Company
T, Fannin Guards, Bonhsm; Company II,
Collin Guards, Mckinney; Company /,
Terrell Guards, Terrell. The CASTOR
Cadets, Zouayes, Dallas, unattached;
Light 3 .ttery. attached TO Fourth Regi-
ment, Governor L. S. Ross and stat, the
Silver Star Band, Knights Of Pythias,
city officials OF Dallas; city officials OF
East Dallas; the fire department; Wilson
& Rankin troupe and band; private car
rieges and display wagons; horsemen,
footmen.
The procession marched past the Grand
Windsor, where it was reviewed by the
Governor from second story window,
and proceeded thence to the Union
depot, where cars were In waiting on the
Texas and Pacific Railroad to convey
them to the grounds. On arriving there
visitors were permitted to witness dis
pl:v which is one of the largest and most
varied ever seen in Texas.
The machinery hall was In exquisite
confusion-hundreds and thousands of
EXHIBITS were piled, and but few were
placed Ia position. The exhibitors were
tardy-wsited It'll the eleventh hour for
salvation, snd as e result, Were caught
unprepared. And this is she case gener-
ally. The fact is, that the fair has as
sumed magnitude OF suchl colossal pro-
portions that, like all other large bodies,
it moves slowly. The machinery depart
ment will be the largest exhibition Of the
character ever witnessed in the south.
ST. Louis is nowhere!
There are acres and acres covered with
machinery OF all characters on the plat
forms and;buildiDgs allotted to this branch
of the exposition and the half does not
find room. There are tents and plat
forms going up all around for the accom-
mediation of exhibitors of machinery aud
IL will take at least three or four days
hard work to get matters properly sad
permanently arranged. In the old ma
chinery hall which is now occupied prin-
cipallY by engines and driving power not
8 wheel WAS moving; the nres had not
been kindled, the boilers were dry and
the beltings and shafslngs lay around on
the grass. But the engines were being
put in position and the details will soon